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Shephard Fonds
CA ON00411 MG-0002 · Fonds · ca. 1939-1995

Fonds contain material relating to operational military research from the second half of the 20th century. The documents are multi-disciplinary in nature, providing scientific, mathematical and historical perspectives of the same topic. Many documents originally come from the Public Records Office UK (PRO), now known as The National Archives (TNA). In such cases, original archival references will be provided, and potential researchers are encouraged to cite these whenever possible. For more information on these Fonds or on Ronnie Shephard, please visit http://lmharchive.ca/the-ronnie-shephard-fonds/.

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CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-275-1 · Item · December 1, 1968
Part of Shephard Fonds

Prepared by direction of the Ministry of Supply. Air Publication: 110A-0300-1A4. Extensive report on blast waves or shockwaves created by explosives and their effect on structures. Content includes "Theoretical knowledge of blast waves" , "Empirical knowledge of blast waves" , "Effect of nature of the explosive" , "Effect of charge/weight ratio" , "fragmentation" , "confined blast" , "The effect of blast on structures" , "The energy criterion" , "The hypothesis of constant strength" , "Prediction of optimum bomb size". Includes illustrations, graphs, calculations and a list of references.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-276-6 · Item · ca. 1939-1995
Part of Shephard Fonds

An inquiry ordered by Ministry of Home Security - Research and Experiments Department. Report investigating the commonness of concussion syndrome in civilian air raid casualties by examining 904 reported air-raid casualties. Report was ordered because concussion syndrome was the most common cause to grant a Civilian War Injury Pension. It examines those who claimed to have concussion syndrome and received a pension and those who claimed to have it but did not receive a pension. Includes figures, tables and references.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-276-14 · Item · January 21, 1944
Part of Shephard Fonds

Report for the Ministry of Home Security - Research and Experiments Department. Extensive study comparing the effectiveness of low level daylight raids compared to high level night time raids at inflicting casualties. Content includes "The Method of the investigations" , "The nature of the raids studied" , "Details of casualties and those exposed to risk" , "causes and types of injury in the raids studied" , "Standardized casualty rates" plus appendices "Details of raids investigated and number of casualties" , "Distances at which people were exposed to 500 kg. bombs" , "Distances at which dwellings were damaged by 500 kg. bombs". Includes tables and figures. Authored by P.M. Blake and J.W.B. Douglas.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-276-15 · Item · August 20, 1943
Part of Shephard Fonds

Report on the standardized casualty rates when multi-storey buildings are aerial bombed. Includes incident reports, casualty rates when different yields and types of explosives hit different parts of multi-storey buildings and provides conclusions on how to minimize casualties. Includes tables and appendix "Summary of distances of casualties and those exposed to risk in L.C.C. flats".

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-277-7 · Item · December 18, 1941
Part of Shephard Fonds

Report of a bombing trial to obtain information on the behaviour of two reinforced concrete communal shelters, and a precast reinforced concrete surface shelter, when bombed by a 250 kg. German bomb. Includes tables, figures, diagrams and photographs.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-277-8 · Item · April 1, 1941
Part of Shephard Fonds

Note no. ARP/184/HJHS. Report for the Ministry of Home Security. A report on a full scale fortification trials on brick surface shelters of different designs. The conditions of the test simulated a near miss by a 250 kg. bomb exploding below the surface of a suburban road. Includes figures, diagrams and appendix.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-277-11 · Item · October 1, 1941
Part of Shephard Fonds

Note no. ARP/291/LGS. Report for the Ministry of Home Security. The report on a test of a 1/5th scale model reinforced-concrete surface shelter to simulate a direct hit by a 250 kg. German bomb in one compartment and a near miss by a similar bomb 5 feet from the shelter's entrance. Tests were done to obtain information on the type of damage sustained to shelters in that given situation. Includes figures and photographs.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-113-277-12 · Item · October 1, 1941
Part of Shephard Fonds

Note no. ARP/292/RJ. Report for the Ministry of Home Security. The report on a test of a 1/5th scale model of a surface shelter to measure the blast pressures in the shelter due to bombs exploding either inside the shelter or in front of the entrance to the shelter. Includes diagrams and graphs.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-114-278-1 · Item · December 1, 1968
Part of Shephard Fonds

Report prepared under the direction of the Ministry of Supply. Extensive study on the penetration of projectiles such as aerial dropped bombs, missiles or artillery into concrete, rock and soil. Content includes "Early work on penetration" , "Recent work on penetration" , "Description of Concrete" , "Behaviour of Concrete when struck by a projectile" , "Factors affecting penetration" , "Empirical penetration formulae for concrete" , "Ricochet of projectiles" , "Model experiments" , "effect of detonation on penetration" , "penetration into rock" , "factors affecting penetration" , "Empirical penetration formula for rock" , "penetration into soil" , "stability of projectile during penetration" , "Factors affecting stability" , "Factors affecting stable penetration" , "conclusions based on experimental work" , "Estimation of fuze delay" , "summary of existing information" , "comments on American tests" plus appendices "Calculation of residual velocity, time of penetration, time of perforation, and resistive pressure for projectiles attacking concrete or rock" , "Worked examples showing use of formulae for calculating penetration, etc. of a bomb striking concrete" , "summary of solutions of resistance equations" , "Summary of a number of existing penetration formulae" , "Ready-reference data for specific projectiles against concrete" , "Ready-reference data for soil". Includes figures, graphs and tables.

CA ON00411 MG-0002-6-115-281-1 · Item · April 28, 1942
Part of Shephard Fonds

MHS Data Compilation No. 29. Charts detailing damage incurred to single storey buildings from bombs and mines. Includes the previous structural characteristics of the buildings and extent of damage incurred plus blueprints and photographs. Data retrieved from all over Great Britain.